Run Date: 02/07/09 By WeNews staff (WOMENSENEWS)– Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., will chair a new Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Operations and Organizations, Human Rights, Democracy, and Global Women’s Issues, her office announced Feb. 5. It will be the first Senate subcommittee to include a specific, global focus on women. Boxer said the subcommittee… [Read more…]
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“A Faithful Soldier” By Bobbi Miller-Moro and Robert Salazar Molly Gonzalez is inspired by the courage the armed forces demonstrate on a day to day basis. Six years ago Molly was experiencing a sad time in her life. Her mother was terminally ill and there was a word that kept coming up for her. That… [Read more…]
Mar 22 03:09 PM US/Eastern By DONNA ABU-NASR Associated Press Writer RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) – A group of Saudi clerics urged the kingdom’s new information minister on Sunday to ban women from appearing on TV or in newspapers and magazines, making clear that the country’s hardline religious establishment is skeptical of a new… [Read more…]
You’ve probably heard about how Wall Street financier Bernard Madoff scammed investors out of at least $50 billion. But you may not have heard that his victims included the foundations that support some really important progressive organizations. Groups that fight for human rights, fair elections and racial justice are getting hit hard—just in time for… [Read more…]
Excerpt From Human Rights Watch: http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2008/10/29/americas-women-s-rights-defenders-seek-protection “States must protect all of those defending women’s rights, in every aspect of a woman’s life.” Juliana Cano Nieto researcher in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program Inter-American Commission Should Press Nations for Action OCTOBER 29, 2008 (Washington, DC, October 29, 2008) – The Inter-American Commission on Human… [Read more…]
Take Action THIS IS AN AMAZING SITE, AND OPPURTUNITY. WomenAID Declaration Help create a U.N. Agency for World’s Women Email WOW to a Friend The Power of Caring Watch the Video A Global Outreach to Women Be a part of WomenAID LIVE in its inaugural year and celebrate the women of the world and… [Read more…]
Changemakers is an initiative of Ashoka: Innovators for the Public that focuses on the rapidly growing world of social innovation. It provides solutions and resources needed to help everyone become a changemaker and presents compelling stories that explore the fundamental principles of successful social innovation around the world. The Hunger Project is a global, non-profit, strategic… [Read more…]
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